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The Gauntlet: Coheed And Cambria |
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Coheed And Cambria Album Review
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Tracklist
1. Keeping The Blade
2. Always & Never
3. Welcome Home
4. Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial)
5. Crossing The Frame
6. Apollo I : The Writing Writer
7. Wake Up
8. The Suffering
9. The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court
10. Mother May I
11. The Willing Well I: Fuel for the Feeding End
12. The Willing Well II: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
13. The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth
14. The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut
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The third chapter to whatever story Coheed has going is the chapter I find better than the last, it still has it's moments where you can tell the fame
has taken control of their sound. Singer Claudio Sanchez has hit puberty as well with this release but don't let that scare you, we all have to go
through it.
The title of "Good Apollo, I'm Burning IV: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness" is a fun one yet seems to try to hard, this doesn't make an album of course, neither does the album art which i find very well done in concept along with those in the liners. What matters of course if the music which Coheed have a knack for writing except for those moments on this disc it seems another is at work, but regardless the album continues the pop emo trail.
The opener contains the piano diddy from the title track of "Second Stage Turbine Blade" which gives clues to the tale they continue to unfold then
after the slow "Always & Never" it goes into their first single "Welcome Home" which, in all of its simplified metal sounding glory is just too damn
catchy especially with Sanchez's new vocal tones. The songs epic sound is almost drowned out by their over use of pinch harmonics on this track but a
fun one. Each track keeps up their upbeat song orientation while still having those "Girl done me wrong" and angsty parts. The one track that
stands out the most towards horrific radio appeasement is "The Suffering", which is painfully TRL.
Sanchez's singing has improved, and though he will always be known for those highs, this slight adjustment relies less on pitch correction and studio
magic. You will find all of your most distinguishable Coheed traits on this album while the last four tracks offer a nostalgic of "Second Stage Turbine
Blade" chuck full of "Wohhh ah ah ohhhh's" that they fall back on a bit too often. "Good Apollo, I'm Burning IV: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness",
in essence, provides the Coheed fan with plenty of love and if you're a long time fan, plenty to dislike as well.
Review by: Dave Huffy
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